Junior High School Boys Basketball -- Jan. 9

TAYLORVILLE -- Effingham Junior High School dropped two losses to host Taylorville in boys basketball competition Monday evening.

Taylorville won the seventh-grade game 34-20. Leading the Mustangs was Fox with four points.

In eighth-grade play, Taylorville picked up a 59-51 victory. The Mustangs held a 28-25 halftime lead but Taylorville came back with a 34-23 second half run.

Effingham was led by Duncan with 19, Wolfe with 12 and Woelfer with 10. The Mustangs drop to 10-6.

At Taylorville

Seventh-Grade Game

Effingham            5    6     4     5     --    20

Taylorville         10    4    14     6    --    34

Effingham -- Fox 4, Pals 2, Matteson 2, Jones 2, Volpi 3, Ritz 5, Nelson 2

Taylorville -- Durban 4, Brown 4, R. Johnson 2, Friedrich 14, Heimsness 10

Eighth-Grade Game

Effingham           19    9    10    13    --    51

Taylorville           16    9    19    15    --    59

Effingham -- Wolfe 12, Duncan 19, Thompson 8, Woelfer 10, Briggerman 2

Taylorville -- Shirley 16, Cherry 15, Czajkowski 9, Clayton 8, Repscher 7, Clayton 4

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis picked up victories in both seventh and eighth grade play against Charleston Monday evening.

The Wooden Shoes tallied a 55-28 win in seventh-grade play. The Shoes stepped out to a 20-9 opening quarter and never looked back.

K. Althoff tallied 17, Bannick 14 and Bushur 14 for the Shoes.

In the eighth-grade game, Teutopolis edged Charleston 33-31. T-town held an 11-9 opening quarter lead but Charleston came back to lead 18-16 at halftime. T-town fought back with a 10-5 third quarter and then had to hold off a final challenge.

Addis tallied 12 and M. Deters 10 for the winners.

At Teutopolis

Seventh-Grade Game

Charleston             9    7      6    6    --    28

Teutopolis            20    8    20    7    --    55

Charleston -- Braun 10, Hernandez 9, Strader 4, Smitley 3, Weemer 2

Teutopolis -- K. Althoff 17, Bannick 14, Bushur 14, Ruholl 4, Buehnerkemper 2, Tegeler 2, Konkel 2

Eighth-Grade Game

Charleston           9    9       5    8    --    31

Teutopolis          11    5    10    7    --    33

Charleston -- Landrus 12, Herrington 9, Schuette 6, Spour 2, Coartney 2

Teutopolis -- Addis 12, M. Deters 10, Hardiek 6, Ruholl 3, Wermert 2

At Newton

Sigel St. Michael downed Newton St. Thomas twice.

St. Michael won the seventh-grade game 43-31. The Sharpshooters then downed St. Thomas 53-19 in the eighth-grade game.

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) captured a 36-30 win over Flora in seventh-grade action Monday evening.

Eight players scored for North Clay led by Holden Dawkins with seven points.

In the eighth-grade contest, North Clay fell to Flora 49-38. Ethan Bible led North Clay with 20 points.

At Louisville

Seventh-Grade Game

Flora                   7      7    5    11    --    30

North Clay          9    11    3    13    --    36

Flora -- Young 10, Harrell 5, Helm 2, Borcherdinig 7, Stork 4, Hader 2

North Clay -- Griffy 5, Ballard 3, Fleener 5, L. Dawkins 5, H. Dawkins 7, Clifton 4, Weidner 1, Anthony 6

Eighth-Grade Game

Flora                    13    17    4    15    --    49

North Clay          10    10    10    8    --    38

Flora -- Gocey 15, Warren 14, Krutsinger 12, Borders 4, Dickey 4

North Clay -- Rinehart 6, Bible 20, Anthony 4, Clifton 2, Weidner 4, H. Dawkins 2

At Marshall

Jasper County fell to Lawrenceville in seventh-grade action, 38-36. Meinhart tallied 15 for Jasper County.

In the eighth-grade contest, Palestine/Hutsonville was a 49-31 winner over Jasper County. Geier led Jasper County with nine points.

At Marshall

Seventh-Grade Game

Jasper County           7    10    12    7    --    36

Lawrenceville            8    10    12    8    --    38

Jasper County -- Litzleman 2, Tharp 2, Mulvey 3, Koeble 6, Schafer 8, Meinhart 15

Lawrenceville -- Underhill 9, Winningham 14, Jerrell 15

Eighth-Grade Game

Jasper County                         7      8      9    7    --    31

Palestine/Hutsonville           16    15    12    6    --    49

Jasper County -- Zumbahlen 2, Weddell 2, Jenkins 3, Einhorn 7, Millman 8, Geier 9

Palestine/Hutsonville -- Higgenbotham 1, Cooper 4, McDaniel 4, Thacker 20, Salce 20

At Altamont

In a sixth-grade game, Altamont beat Greenville 33-24. Altamont was led by Kollmann with 12 points.

At Altamont

Greenville            4    20    --    24

Altamont           21    12    --    33

Greenville -- no players listed

Altamont -- Hammer 8, Rippetoe 3, Overton 3, Kollmann 12, Eirhart 6 (players add up to 32 while 33 listed as final)